Tuning problems et cetera
2006-08-29 by bildfantomen
After reading through some of all the messages posted here, I ve realized that my problem might not be the opto-converter. PC-1. I might replace it anyway, If
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Firly new user tryibng to fix his polysix
2006-08-26 by bildfantomen
Hello all, i hjave just fitted my polysix witch i bought for 300SEK or 30 Euro with a new battery and i m planning to change the opto as well to get the
Re: [PolySix] Re: Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-08-13 by Roman
If IC32 is broken, you would have problems with storing and recalling patches. But if you want to try, you can get replacement from me - generic part on small
Re: Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-08-13 by rignellio
Hi Roman, Checked all these traces and everything is fine. The only trace I have had to fix so far was on the little trace coming down off pin 12 on IC32. IC32
Looking for a working or a LIGHTY damanged KLM-376A
2006-08-08 by gil_we
By lightly I mean that only light battery damage is seen... gilwein (at) walla.co.il Thanks
Re: [PolySix] Re: Notes go out of pitch
2006-08-08 by Chromatest J. Pantsmaker
That is the most common notation. Some countries use a . some use a , but it all makes sense when you replace both with the value. 4k7 is 4.7k or... 4,7k
Re: Notes go out of pitch
2006-08-08 by sdlarch1
I m not familiar with the resistor value notation used here. What are 4k7 and 1k2? 4.7k? 47k? ... mysterious ... circuit. ... time ... ask ... broken ...
Re: [PolySix] Re: Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-08-03 by Roman
looks to me like you still have broken traces on P11 and D03 lines. S check with continuity meter 2 networks (part designator and pin number): IC31-3 IC26-14
Re: Warming up to tune?
2006-08-03 by darke_one666
The Poly6 requires 10 mins warm up time before attempting to calibrate it so this should answer your question. I find that most P6 s I ve used have a few
Re: Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-08-01 by rignellio
I found a faulty trace that ran from underneath the battery, right above the C40 legend, to just next to IC34, right of where KLM-367A1 is printed. it seemed
Re: [PolySix] Re: Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-07-31 by Richard Kilpatrick
... Whoa! Exactly what mine is doing. Freaky. Richard -- Tasty Other - Because Far Too Much in Life Makes Sense Music for download - coming soon (RIP MP3.com)
Re: Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-07-31 by rignellio
Hi Roman, I read through the the Sputniik/Aero thread and he looks like he s a bit further on than me! I found one really short trace which was broken and
Re: [PolySix] Warming up to tune?
2006-07-31 by Richard Kilpatrick
... Reset calibration - I don t know where the resistor goes. It mentions a location in the service manual, but I can t find it. Regardless... I think that
Re: [PolySix] Warming up to tune?
2006-07-31 by klosmon
Unfortunately, there are a number of possible causes: power supply going out of regulation; reset needing to be recalibrated; dead latch ICs on the CPU
Re: [PolySix] Re: Bug or feature?
2006-07-31 by Niels Ott
... Yes, and no. Does pitch bend operate on VCO or on the keyboard ? If you see it from the keyboard point, pitch bend should also do filter tracking, like
Re: [PolySix] Warming up to tune?
2006-07-31 by Niels Ott
... I m looking forward to an answer. My Trident MK 2 recently showed a similar bevahiour, but then recovered somehow. It seems to me (though I don t know
Re: [PolySix] Warming up to tune?
2006-07-31 by Richard Kilpatrick
... Ah, good. Then it really is behaving as it should! Any ideas on one which displays maybe 5 of the 8 patch LEDs when starting, only allows selection of
Re: [PolySix] Re: Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-07-30 by Roman
CS is chip select . ... From: sputnik979 To: Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:55 PM Subject: [PolySix] Re:
Re: [PolySix] Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-07-30 by Roman
about the effect problem - measure the voltage at CN03 on KLM367 and see if they change when you turn the following: effect speed effect type VCA attenuation
Re: [PolySix] Re: Bug or feature?
2006-07-30 by Roman
I m sure my P6 bender doesn t influence cutoff, as well as inny other synths. That s more ore less straight forward - pitch bender should bend the pitch, that
Re: [PolySix] Re: Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-07-30 by Roman
depending on which pin it is, you may get trouble selecting some parameters like switches (octave, wave etc.) and baks, presets, and write and write enable
Re: [PolySix] Warming up to tune?
2006-07-30 by klosmon
For what it s worth, I ve seen this behavior in every Polysix that s crossed my bench. If it lasts more that a couple of seconds, then there are problems; if
Warming up to tune?
2006-07-30 by Richard Kilpatrick
I ve just listed my finished/working Polysix on eBay (I was given two to check/repair/rehome by a friend after her partner passed away) - I ve done everything
Polysix: effects don't work, has to be in manual mode to sound
2006-07-30 by rignellio
Hi, I ve read through some posts on similar lines but couldn t find much that specifically related to my problem. Apologies in advance because I know you get
Re: [PolySix] Re: Bug or feature?
2006-07-29 by Niels Ott
To be more precise, if you use the bender , so left right of the joystick, does the filter track with the VCO pitch? On my Juno 106 it does, on the Trident
Re: Bug or feature?
2006-07-29 by gil_we
I haven t notices such a feature on mine... juystick only controls the vibrato depth. ... use the
Re: Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-07-25 by sputnik979
It s me again. I found a tiny little dot of acid on one of those points in CN06 connector. This is the area where the upper boards of controls&knobs are
Re: Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-07-23 by sputnik979
I gather that by WE you mean WRITE ENABLE, but what is CS line ? ... you may be right. Although it s a matter of one bit corrupted to dramatiacally change
Bug or feature?
2006-07-21 by Niels Ott
Hello there, I discovered that my Trident MK 2 doesn t do VCF tracking when I use the joystick. Why should it, you may ask. Well of course there is no option
Recommendations for P6 repair shops
2006-07-18 by lionelcassin
I need an experienced outfit to do a comprehensive overhaul of my p6 - repairs plus tuning/calibration. Can anyone recommend a shop in the u.s.? I ve emailed
Miscellineous P6 parts for sale !
2006-07-15 by gil_we
I got a brokern P6 for parts. Minimum of 50$ per order, please email me if you re intereseted in any of them. Also many SSM s for sale. Thanks gilwein (at)
Re: [PolySix] Pair of P6s in a bad/less bad way!
2006-07-15 by Niels Ott
... A few minutes after I had sent my reply, I switched on my Trident and found it out of order. Obviously, the CPU board is in trouble, it displays values
Re: [PolySix] Pair of P6s in a bad/less bad way!
2006-07-14 by Richard Kilpatrick
... I m getting a reading of 3.6V on the blue battery, 3.99 on the one with green battery (which I now can t remember if I posted before or after, but what I
Re: [PolySix] Pair of P6s in a bad/less bad way!
2006-07-14 by Niels Ott
... But is it still working? My Trident MK2 refused to work without a proper battery. Niels
Pair of P6s in a bad/less bad way!
2006-07-14 by Richard Kilpatrick
A while ago I was given - to clean and repair - a pair of Polysixes that belonged to a friend. I managed to get the keyboards cleaned and working perfectly,
Re: [PolySix] Polysix MIDI boards
2006-07-09 by jure zitnik
hello. is this still possible? would you accept paypal? i m from slovenia (EU) cheers, jure ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [PolySix] Re: Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-06-30 by Roman
you may be right. Although it s a matter of one bit corrupted to dramatiacally change the sound - imagine altered MSB of filter sutoff. If you try to call
Re: Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-06-30 by sputnik979
Hi ! The case is that it is my tech who s doing all the dirty work ;) I m just managing & providing insights, let s call it. He has schematics and he knows
Re: [PolySix] Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-06-29 by Roman
hi, I don t think your RAM is damaged, try to find broken traces on the PCB leading to it. If some of them are damaged by battery leakage, writing a patch will
Memory failure, S-RAM suspected.
2006-06-27 by sputnik979
Hi folks! My Polysix after battery leakage had the typical symtomps you might expect. After having cleaned & resoldered the guts everything s fine apart from
Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning problem becomes more problems
2006-06-27 by Nick Pierce
Ive seen this problem your having before. The way to fix this is to take apart the 3 pots in the MG section and clean them.The problem is that the contact area
Re: Tuning problem becomes more problems
2006-06-27 by Mike Thompson
I have isolated the problem to the MG section - the patches will not hold in memory (new board, new battery) correctly; when the patch is first heard it has
Tuning problem becomes more problems
2006-06-27 by Mike Thompson
Ugh.. ok. I re-tuned the oscillators today, but I was noticing the other day that the patches all are messed up, have max. release time and are distorted.
Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning problem on Polysix
2006-06-26 by Johannes Hausensteiner
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Re: Tuning problem on Polysix
2006-06-26 by Mike Thompson
Ok thanks. It makes sense I guess, but I m probably going to try tuning it one more time because I really don t feel like putting any more effort into this
Re: [PolySix] Tuning problem on Polysix
2006-06-26 by Johannes Hausensteiner
Hi, search the message archive for a message from Peter Andersson on Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:30 pm (msg #646). He had the same problem and found a replacement part
Re: [PolySix] Tuning problem on Polysix
2006-06-26 by Sam Larch
You can check the message history to find that a few P6 owners are having a tuning problem. The most likely culprit, it seems, is that an opto-isolator
Tuning problem on Polysix
2006-06-25 by Mike Thompson
I recently had my Polysix KLM-367 board serviced through Old Crow (replacement, rather) and just got it back a few days ago. Unfortunately I needed to
Re: Trident MK II pictures
2006-06-25 by gil_we
Great, keep on playing it because one the THE DAMN BATTERY WILL LEAK all over this beautiful machine !!! Good luck ! ... different ... year so ... and ... the
Re: [PolySix] Re: Trident MK II pictures
2006-06-24 by Niels Ott
... It is the very same type as the original one was, only with a different form factor. They don t last forever but they last forat least more than one year